Abstract: A catalyst for the oxidation of phenols to 1,4-benzoquinones in the gas phase with an oxygen containing gas such as air, substantially pure oxygen, or mixtures thereof. The composition of the catalyst comprises vanadium pentoxide or ammonium metavanadate, the sulfate salt of an alkali metal or of ammonia, the pyrosulfate salt of an alkali metal or of ammonia, an iron sulfate, boric acid, and silica.

Abstract: A light-sensitive coating composition and a light-sensitive photomechanical structure, such as a printing plate or a photoresist is produced by coating a suitable planar substrate with a condensation product of an organic isocyanate and a polymeric resin having functional groups reactive with the isocyanate, such as a phenol-formaldehyde resin, and a light-sensitive diazo compound, such as the esters and amides of quinone diazides, the coating being softenable by exposure to light and subsequent treatment with a conventional liquid printing plate developer, such as an aqueous alkaline solution and/or an organic solvent.